pardon my french... dressing with a twist
Okay… mad scientist, back in the test kitchen. This time with a twist on French dressing (with major apologies to the French). This started with Mary's excellent wings recipe: Slow Baked Chicken Wings, which calls for French dressing. This had me thinking that I should put together my own French dressing. So, you ready… Let's get into the kitchen.
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method
No-Cook or Other
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 large tomatoes, blanched peeled, and seeded.
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar, granulated, table variety
- 1/4 small onion, peeled, and chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, finely ground
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil, extra virgin
How To Make pardon my french... dressing with a twist
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Step 1Chef's Note: If you don't want to use fresh tomatoes, get a 14 ounce (0.4 liter) can of tomatoes, petite diced, and drain them. In the United States, I prefer Hunt's Petite Diced tomatoes.
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Step 2Add all the ingredients, except the olive oil, and the onions, to the bowl of a food processor, fitted with an S-blade.
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Step 3Chef's Tip: Watch the liquid content of the fresh or canned tomatoes, and make sure that most of the additional liquid is strained before adding them to the food processor.
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Step 4Pulse until throughly combined.
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Step 5Add the onion, and blend until the onion is totally blended into the mixture.
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Step 6Chef's Note: Two of the twists in this recipe are that I'm using tomatoes instead of ketchup, and I'm using olive oil; as opposed to vegetable oil.
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Step 7Chef's Note: You can't over blend this thing. Keep blending until the onion is liquified into the dressing.
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Step 8Turn the food processor on high, and slowly drizzle the olive oil into the dressing. The key here is to add the olive oil slowly.
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Step 9Place into a covered container and let rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours before using.
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Step 10Chef's Note: This dressing is a bit more runny than the store-bought kind. I make my dressing so that I can spoon some into a bowl with the other ingredients (lettuce, etc), and then toss the dressing with the salad. I don't like pouring a thick glop of dressing onto salads.
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Step 11Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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Culture:
French
Category:
Other Sauces
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Diet:
Vegetarian
Diet:
Soy Free
Keyword:
#onions
Keyword:
#tomatoes
Keyword:
#olive oil
Keyword:
#dressing
Keyword:
#French
Ingredient:
Vegetable
Method:
No-Cook or Other
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